{"id":180180,"date":"2023-09-23T09:32:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=180180"},"modified":"2023-09-23T09:32:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:32:38","slug":"elon-musk-falls-out-with-russell-brand-over-disappointing-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/elon-musk-falls-out-with-russell-brand-over-disappointing-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk falls out with Russell Brand over &apos;disappointing&apos; rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Elon Musk falls out with Russell Brand: Twitter boss says comic&#8217;s latest rant is &#8216;rather disappointing&#8217; because it plugged Rumble rather than his own service &#8211; but has nothing to say on rape and assault claims<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Comedians have claimed Brand&#8217;s behaviour was &#8216;well known&#8217; in comedy circles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elon Musk\u00a0appears to have fallen out with\u00a0Russell Brand\u00a0after being left &#8216;disappointed&#8217; the comedian plugged social media platform Rumble in his latest YouTube rant rather than his own service &#8211; but had nothing to say on the rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse allegations the comedian currently faces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last night\u00a0Brand broke his silence since the accusations came to light, claiming he has faced an &#8216;extraordinary and distressing week&#8217; after being accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by multiple women.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a short three minute video the under fire comedian thanked his followers for their &#8216;support and for questioning the information that you have been presented with&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who owns X, formerly known as Twitter, said Brand&#8217;s comments were &#8216;rather disappointing&#8217; after the comedian made references to conspiracy theories before telling fans he would post a longer video on Rumble soon.<\/p>\n<p>Brand&#8217;s new video came just hours after a woman claimed the comic left her feeling &#8216;vulnerable and intimidated&#8217;, allegedly refusing to call a taxi for her to leave until she performed a sex act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/08\/75754023-12551919-image-a-4_1695454750845.jpg\" height=\"821\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Last night Brand broke his silence since the accusations came to light, claiming he has faced an &#8216;extraordinary and distressing week&#8217; after being accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by multiple women<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/08\/75754017-12551919-image-a-1_1695454722133.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Musk, who owns X, formerly known as Twitter , said Brand&#8217;s comments were &#8216;rather disappointing&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/08\/75754019-12551919-image-a-2_1695454729797.jpg\" height=\"84\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Musk last night responded to a user who shared Brand&#8217;s video, making no reference to the awful array of allegations facing him, and said: &#8216;It is rather disappointing that he is exclusively pushing Rumble when X has supported free speech just as much.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It marks a significant change from the billionaire businessman, who previously appeared to voice his support for Brand.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the comic&#8217;s claims that the allegations against him were a result of a campaign to silence him, Musk said: &#8216;Of course, they don&#8217;t like competition.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>This appeared to be in reference to mainstream media, but Musk&#8217;s change of stance means Brand has lost one of his few major backers.<\/p>\n<p>Brand is facing claims that he raped, sexually assaulted and emotionally abused various women after the Times and Channel 4&#8217;s dispatches ran a joint investigation into his behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Four women were featured in the documentary, including one who alleges Brand raped her against the wall of his LA home after she refused to engage in a threesome with him and another woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brand posted a pre-emptive denial the day before allegations were published claiming that he had spoken publicly about his promiscuity and that all of his sexual encounters and relationships were consensual.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since the investigation, which took more than a year to produce, further women have come forward with new allegations, including one who described Brand exposing himself to her &#8211; before joking about it on a BBC radio show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Olivia&#8217; came forward this week alleging that Brand exposed himself to her in an office where BBC Los Angeles operated from in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/08\/75602219-12551919-image-a-5_1695454773312.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brand is facing claims that he raped, sexually assaulted and emotionally abused various women after the Times and Channel 4&#8217;s dispatches ran a joint investigation into his behaviour<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/08\/75754021-12551919-image-a-6_1695454790947.jpg\" height=\"105\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Musk initially appeared to support the comedian&#8217;s dismissal of the serious accusations against him<\/p>\n<p>The comic was said to have been in the building to filming a pre-recorded edition of his BBC Radio 2 programme on June 16 that year.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Russell Brand is facing claims of abusive and predatory behaviour from up to nine women: Allegations include grooming and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old, raping businesswoman in his LA home, and pestering a model for sex\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>The programme, that went out just five days later, featured a clip of Brand and his co-host appearing to joke about the incident, with his co-host Matt Morgan noting: &#8216;It&#8217;s been 25 minutes since he showed his willy to a lady.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She alleged that she answered the door to Brand and his team before going into the bathroom to get some medication.<\/p>\n<p>As she turned around from the medicine cabinet, she alleged Brand was stood in front of her with his groin in her face. She claimed that he remarked: &#8216;I think you&#8217;re a bit of alright&#8230;I&#8217;m going to f*** you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She added that as she attempted to rebuff him Brand pulled out his penis and &#8216;pretty much served it to me as you would someone serving food&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Media outlets including the BBC have launched internal probes to examine Brand&#8217;s time working on their content.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, Brand did not directly address any of the claims against him, but made baseless accusations of a conspiracy to &#8216;target, patrol, choke and shut down independent media organisations.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0<span>&#8216;Hello there you awakening wonders, obviously it&#8217;s been an extraordinary and distressing week and I thank you very much for your support and for questioning the information that you have been presented with.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0How Russell Brand tried to silence his critics: For years the comedian has been intimidating accusers and threatening the media with the help of expensive attack dog lawyers\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;By now, you&#8217;re probably aware that the British government has asked big tech platforms to censor our online content and that some online platforms have complied with that request.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What you may not know is that this happens in the context of the online safety bill which is a piece of UK legislation that grants sweeping surveillance and censorship powers and it&#8217;s a law that&#8217;s already been passed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;I also don&#8217;t imagine that you&#8217;ve heard of the trusted news initiative and now, as often is the case when a word like trusted is used as part of an acronym to describe an unelected body, trust is the last thing you should be offering.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The trusted news initiative is a collaboration between big tech and legacy media organisations to target, patrol, choke and shut down independent media organisations, like this one.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Brand said he would be returning his show on Rumble &#8211; an online video platform where subscribers pay a minimum $60 (\u00a348) fee to watch &#8211; after adverts on his YouTube channel were suspended in light of the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Brand denies all the allegations made against him, previously saying all his relationships have been &#8216;consensual&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12551919\/Elon-Musk-Russell-Brand-Twitter-boss-Rumble-rape-assault-claims.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk falls out with Russell Brand: Twitter boss says comic&#8217;s latest rant is &#8216;rather disappointing&#8217; because it plugged Rumble rather than his own service &#8211; but has nothing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elon Musk falls out with Russell Brand over &amp;apos;disappointing&amp;apos; 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